

5 Best American Funds for Retirees
Until a few years ago, the American Funds family of mutual funds was available to individual investors only through intermediaries such as brokers and advisors. But now they’re available to anyone through online brokers, such as Fidelity and Schwab. That’s a huge deal because, in my view, the best American Funds are among the top actively managed, large-company funds you can find anywhere. The funds haven’t attracted much attention from individual investors because they had b